FARMINGTON, Utah (June 2, 2022) – The Northern Arizona men's basketball, women's basketball and men's and women's indoor track & field teams combined to lead the Big Sky Conference with 60 Winter All-Academic awards in a release by the league office on Thursday. In addition to leading the conference, the 60 honorees were an increase from the 47 winter awardees two years ago and 24 more than the year before that.
The jump in Winter All-Academic awards followed the trend set by the Lumberjack fall teams, who combined for 62 All-Academic honors compared to 40 from the 2019 fall season.
To be eligible for Big Sky All-Academic honors, a student-athlete must have met and/or exceeded the following minimum requirements: 1) Participated in at least half of the team's competitions or if a track & field student-athlete competed at the indoor conference championships; 2) Achieved a 3.2 cumulative grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) at the conclusion of the most recently completed term; 3) Completed at least one academic term at his/her current Big Sky institution.
The women's indoor track & field team accounted for 25 of the 60 Winter All-Academic honorees, followed by the men's indoor track & field team with 23. Women's basketball had eight and men's basketball had four to round out the Big Sky leading total.
More than half (36) of the 60 Winter All-Academic have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.60 with 10 student-athletes currently holding a perfect 4.00 cumulative GPA.
NAU Athletics has now had a total of 122 Big Sky All-Academic honorees through the 2021-22 winter season.
Below is the complete list of Winter 2022 NAU Big Sky All-Academic selections:
Men's Basketball
Keith Haymon – R-So. – Organizational Leadership
Jayden Jackson – Fr. – Biomedical Science
Nik Mains – R-Jr. – Human Relations
Mason Stark – Jr. – Human Relations
Women's Basketball
Sierra Mich'l – So. – University Studies
Nyah Moran – Fr. – Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Olivia Moran – Fr. – Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Lauren Orndoff – Sr. – Communications
Nina Radford – R-Sr. – Human Relations
Khiarica Rasheed – Gr. – Human Relations
Emily Rodabaugh – So. – Criminology & Criminal Justice
Regan Schenck – Jr. – Marketing
Men's Indoor Track & Field
Parker Bays – R-Jr. – Psychology
Drew Bosley – Jr. - Journalism
Karsen Burke – So. – Mechanical Engineering
Sirr Butler – Fr. – Biology
Caleb Easton – So. – Marketing
Trenton Givens – Fr. – Biomedical Science
Tyson Givens – Fr. – Biomedical Science
Corey Gorgas – R-Fr. – Psychological Sciences
Riley Human – So. – Accountancy
Jacob Kaufman – Gr. – Computer Science
George Kusche – Sr. – Statistics
Jay Nielsen – Jr. – Exercise Science
Jack Normand – So. – Computer Science
Wil Peralta – So. – Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Theo Quax – R-So. – Civil Engineering
Ryan Raff – Jr. – Psychological Sciences
Matthew Roma – So. – Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Zach Schroeder – Fr. – Communication Studies
Ethan Seppala – Fr. – Civil Engineering
Kyle Smith – Fr. – Criminology & Criminal Justice
Zachary Sutton – Fr. – Finance
Erick Thompson – Sr. – Exercise Science
Nico Young – Fr. – Exercise Science
Women's Indoor Track & Field
Hannah Behunin – R-Jr. – Health Science-Fitness Wellness
Jesselyn Bries – Jr. – Special & Elementary Education
McKenna Chaney – So. – Political Science
Kenya Coburn – So. – Communication Studies
Alyssa Colbert – Fr. – Communication Studies
Tania Duncan – Fr. – Construction Management
Anna Fenske – Fr. – Exploratory
Jenna Figueroa – Sr. – Elementary Education
Jessa Hanson – R-Jr. – Biology
Kiana Kai – Fr. – Psychological Sciences
Kenashalee Kerr – So. – Criminology & Criminal Justice
Cassi Land – Sr. – Health Science-Nutrition & Foods
Melanie Loff – Jr. – Marketing
Lily Margolis – So. – International Affairs
Jenna McCaffrey – Gr. – Environmental Engineering
Nikita Moore – Fr. - Management
Bryn Morley – R-Sr. – Environmental & Sustainability Studies
Delaney Rasmussen – Sr. – Human Relations
Kyairra Reigh – Fr. - Finance
Annika Reiss – So. – Interdisciplinary Studies-Learning and Pedagogy
Matilde Roe – Sr. – Health Science-Public Health
Jyntry Rucker – Fr. - Psychology
Hannah Schmidt – Fr. – Accountancy
Courtney Weisenberger – So. – Marketing
Madeline Wilson – So. – Health Science-Fitness Wellness
